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Congressman Heck collects $224,000 in first quarter
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Heck added $224,000 to his re-election fund over the past three months, including donations through a joint fundraiser he had with other military-oriented freshman Republicans, according to a newly released federal report.
Heck raised $124,400 from political action committees and another $91,300 from individuals from January through the end of March as he positions himself to campaign for a second term.
The first-term lawmaker faces no declared opponent yet in Congressional District 3, the suburban Las Vegas district that is expected to be redrawn by the state Legislature.
After spending $228,460 during the period, mostly on fundraising, strategy and management consultants, Heck showed $147,360 in his campaign account as of March 31, according to a finance report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.
Unlike a number of other lawmakers who won election to Congress in the near Republican sweep of 2010, Heck showed no debt heading into his next race.
Heck's haul included $6,639 he received through a joint fundraiser he held with a dozen other freshman Republicans who sit on the House Armed Services Committee.
The "Lucky 13 Joint Fundraising Committee" benefitted from a Feb. 15 dinner hosted by Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., and where invitations were sent to lobbyists for defense contractors and other potential donors.
According to the FEC, Heck received donations through the event from PACs including those for General Electric ($1,000); Accenture ($385); Rolls Royce ($1,000); the Parsons Corp. ($1,000).
He also received donations through the event from McKeon ($1,000) and fellow lawmakers Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Mike Coffman, R-Colo., who gave $1,000 apiece.
The event caught the eye of the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group that called it "another classic intersection of the defense industry and political fundraising."
POGO spokesman Joe Newman said Monday the fundraiser was held a little more than a month after the freshman lawmakers took office.
"To start with they are freshman and they have learned the lesson real quick that with their status on this important committee it opens a lot of doors for them," Newman said. "The contractors in the defense industry will do whatever it takes to make them happy, and they are going to get courted and wined and dined within hopefully ethical boundaries."
Heck was traveling overseas and could not be reached Monday. His office did not comment on the finance report.
Contact Stephens Washington Bureau Chief Steve Tetreault at stetreault@stephensmedia.com or 202-783-1760.
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Selling-out conservative values by voting yes to the out-of-control spending and massive deficit contained in the 2011 Federal Budget seems to have paid-off quite well for Joe Heck, but don't worry he will have a declared primary opponent who's happens to be a true-conservative soon enough.
This guy got elected as a Congressman in Nevada? Is that the best you can field? That's scary.
I BET HE IS STILL SLEEPING IN A COT IN HIS OFFICE
I voted for Joe Heck, I contibuted to Joe Heck's campaign. I want Joe Heck to do something for the constituents of his district instead of raising cash for his next campaign! It's sad but I guess this is American politics in action. I am so sick of all of the politicians sucking cash out of the economy. The media sez that Obama will raise 1 billion for his reelection! To me, it's all wasted money. Time for a new system of electing politicians!
I'm proud to have a physician and a solider representing my district in the House.
The more they change the more they stay the same. CHEERS!
Under great pressure Barack Obama agreed to extend the current tax structure. Within four months unemployment is down nationally and down in Nevada. The fact is that Dr. Heck has done a good job of holding the line on government creep giving the job creators a glimmer of hope for the future.
Heck is way more in the middle with America than hillbilly Titus and her leftwing traveling circus. Heck will continue to be a stand up representative from Nevada!
Folks, Remember when this new House of Representatives started in January. They read the whole constitution out loud. Pay attention boys and girls. To have a bill passed, both the Senate and House of Representatives must pass the same identical bill. President signs the bill and it becomes law. Just like we watched on schoolhouse rock. Check out this: House of Representatives introduced this bill, H.R. 1255, `Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011'. Co-sponsors of the bill are Dean Heller and Joe Heck. Here is the text: If the House has not received a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it has passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the departments and agencies of the Government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, are hereby enacted into law. Yes, that is what the Tea Party Republicans have read and placed on the calendar. Now they don't want to abide by the Constitution any more. Let's make our own laws. No need to follow our founding fathers. Let's just use the Constitution when we see fit. Of course we know what is best. Please, Let's hear Joe Heck’s excuse for not wanting to follow the Constitution. Tell us. We are waiting.
This is nothing to what baby murder racist "Shelley Berkley" did to Muslims and Arabs. Shelley Berkley vowels to exterminate the baby birth rate and in which she voted for and profited from.
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Shelley Berkley - OpenCongress Wiki
Jump to Iraq War‎: Shelly Berkley has voted against leglislation favoring the war in Iraq many times. In June of 2008, she voted YES for investigating ...
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151 Congressmen Derive Financial Profit From War ... Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) invested $100870 to $100870 then became a millionaire and was praised by the Zionist Organization for lowering the birth rate of Arabs and Muslims, the same activity that Hitler did in the final solicitation-this is worse because The United States at one time had a human rights standing around the world-until Shelley Berkley came along to destroy our Nation and make USA citizens a tax slave ...
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151 Congressmen Derive Financial Profit From War. Blood money stains the hands of more than 25% of members ... Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) $100870 to $100870 ...
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